Recycling Coffee Cups includes:
Disposable coffee cups
Single-use coffee cups
Takeaway coffee cup
Liquid paperboard cups
Biodegradable coffee cups
Compostable coffee cups
271A Victoria Road, Drummoyne
2.4km
231-235 Great North Road, Five Dock
3.7km
13 Halifax St, Macquarie Park
4.3km
919 Victoria Road (Corner Hermitage Road), West Ryde
4.4km
326-328 Blaxland Road, Ryde
4.4km
Cnr Parramatta & Shaftsbury Rds, Burwood
4.7km
178-184 Victoria Road (Corner Moodie Street), Rozelle
4.7km
477 Pacific Highway, Artarmon
4.8km
400 Lane Cove Road, North Ryde
5.3km
Shop 1 92 Hampden Road, Artarmon
5.4km
95 Burwood Road, Burwood
5.6km
14 The Boulevarde, Strathfield
5.8km
Westfield Shopping Centre; Cnr Anderson, Albert & Spring Streets, Sydney
6.2km
Cnr Herring & Waterloo Rds, North Ryde
6.2km
Novotel Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Olympic Park
6.3km
25 Parramatta Road, Haberfield
6.3km
132 Liverpool Road, Ashfield
6.5km
Corner Pacific Highway & Boundary Street, Roseville
6.6km
238 Pacific Highway, Lindfield
6.8km
45 Georges River Road, Croydon Park
7.2km
494 Pacific Hwy, Killara
7.2km
198 Parramatta Road (Corner Pyrmont Bridge Road), Annandale
7.2km
5 Cumberland Street, The Rocks
7.5km
64 Clarence Street, Sydney
7.7km
57 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
7.8km
334-340 Georges River Road, Croydon Park
7.9km
465 Kent Street, Sydney
8.1km
Suite 16, Ultimo
8.1km
670 New Canterbury Road (Corner Melford Street), Hurlstone Park
8.1km
575-585 Liverpool Road, Strathfield South
8.2km
22 Stanmore Road (Corner Fotheringham Street), Enmore
8.3km
12 - 14 Goulburn Street (Corner Sussex Street), Sydney
8.3km
246 Beecroft & Carlingford Roads, Epping
8.3km
Cnr Quay St & Ultimo Rd, (Shop 11, 37 Ultimo Road), Sydney
8.5km
287 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
8.6km
414 Pitt Street, Sydney
8.7km
Shop 19, 2 Lee Street, Haymarket
8.8km
Shop 6/242 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
8.9km
227 Marrickville Road, Marrickville
9.0km
412 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
9.2km
352 Bourke St, Surry Hills
9.6km
243 Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford
9.7km
59 Oxford Street, Paddington
9.9km
13 Parramatta Road, Clyde
10.2km
45 Spit Road, Mosman
10.3km
162A Spit Road, Mosman
10.4km
1408 Pacific Highway (Corner Duff Street), Turramurra
11.0km
792-794 Canterbury Road Chapel Street, Belmore
11.2km
81 Victoria Road & Macarthur Street, Parramatta
11.2km
159 Mona Vale Road (Corner Putarri Avenue), St Ives
11.3km
154-160 Parramatta Road & Corner Bold Street, Granville
11.3km
28 Princes Highway, Arncliffe
11.5km
301-305 Hume Highway & Boronia Road, Greenacre
11.7km
340 North Rocks Road, North Rocks
11.8km
110 Anzac Parade & Goodwood Street, Kensington
11.9km
131 Anzac Parade & Todman Avenue, Kensington
12.1km
262 Church Street, Parramatta
12.1km
552 Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills
12.1km
222 King Georges Road (Corner Canarys Road), Lakemba
12.6km
1579 Pacific Highway (Corner Redleaf Avenue), Wahroonga
12.6km
272-278 Woodville Road, Guildford
12.7km
197-215 Condamine St, Balgowlah
12.9km
180 Stacey & Stanley Streets, Bankstown
13.2km
293 West Botany Street (Cnr Bestic Street), Rockdale
13.2km
Lot 1, 519 Hume Highway, Yagoona
13.3km
474 Forest Road, Bexley
13.3km
56 Windsor Road & Northmead Avenue, Northmead
13.4km
99 Railway Street (Corner Frederick Street), Rockdale
13.4km
295-297 Merrylands Road (Corner Windsor Street), Merrylands
13.6km
137 Windsor Road, Northmead
13.7km
122 Old Town Centre Plaza, Bankstown
13.7km
128 Barker Street, Randwick
13.7km
611-615 Forest Road (Corner Mimosa Street), Bexley
13.8km
161 Penshurst Road (Corner Hannans Road), Narwee
14.0km
Cnr Condamine St & Pittwater Rd. Dock E and E1 access via ramp off Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale
14.4km
28 Dale Street, Brookvale
14.7km
110-112 The Corso, Manly
14.9km
30 Bonds Road (Corner Romilly Street), Riverwood
15.1km
612 Forest Road, Penshurst
15.2km
48 Surrey Avenue, Georges Hall
15.6km
295 Canterbury Road & Mavis Street, Revesby
15.6km
Pacific Square Shopping Centre, 737 Anzac Pde, Maroubra Junction
15.6km
755 Anzac Parade, Maroubra Junction
15.7km
255 -257 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill
16.1km
822 King Georges Road & Joffre St, South Hurstville
16.2km
102 Milperra Road, Revesby
16.2km
217 Wentworth Avenue (Corner Bungaree Road), Pendle Hill
16.5km
439 Princes Highway (Corner Massey Street), Allawah
16.6km
44 Hume Highway & Knight Street, Lansvale South
16.8km
515 Bunnerong Road, Matraville
16.9km
1 Meagher Avenue (Corner Malabar Road), Maroubra
17.1km
940 Pittwater Road & Hawkesbury Avenue, Dee Why
17.2km
476 Rocky Point Road & Sandringham Street, Sans Souci
17.7km
217-219 Seven Hills Road, Baulkham Hills
17.8km
3 Metella Road, Toongabbie
18.0km
601 Great Western Hwy, Greystanes
18.4km
234 Hamilton Road, Fairfield West
18.6km
151 Prospect Hwy & Corner Station Road, Seven Hills
18.9km
320 Polding Street, Fairfield
19.7km
1234 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen
19.8km
176 Fowler Street, Guildford
20.0km
56 Leabons Lane (Corner Blacktown Road), Blacktown East
20.4km
1497 Pittwater Road & Gondola Street, Narrabeen
20.5km
54 - 56 Windsor Road, Kellyville
21.0km
102 Heathcote Road, Moorebank
21.4km
354 Corner Flushcombe Road, Blacktown
21.5km
464 Cabramatta Road West, Mount Pritchard
21.6km
123 Parraweena Road, Taren Point
21.6km
485 - 487 Smithfield Road, Prairiewood
21.7km
10 Main Street, Blacktown
22.0km
180 Reservoir Road, Arndell Park
22.2km
95 Elizabeth Drive, Liverpool
22.2km
542 Princes Highway, Kirrawee
22.8km
529-531 Princes Highway & Bath Road, Kirrawee
22.8km
62 Walters Road, Blacktown
22.8km
965-969 Pacific Highway (Corner Waratah Road), Berowra
22.9km
367 The Kingsway (Corner Willarong Road), Caringbah
22.9km
363 Vardys Road, Kings Park
22.9km
140 Edensor & Bibbys Roads, Bonnyrigg
23.0km
693 Old Princes Highway, Sutherland
23.0km
Corner Allison Crescent & Menai Road, Menai
23.1km
352 Elizabeth Drive, Mount Pritchard
23.2km
110 Gymea Bay Road, Gymea
23.3km
24 Barrenjoey Road (Corner Darley Street East), Mona Vale
23.7km
124 Hoxton Park Road, Lurnea
23.7km
192-198 The Kingsway, Woolooware
23.8km
175 Richmond Road, Blacktown
23.9km
51-53 Kingsway (Corner Gosport Street), Cronulla
24.3km
83 Lalor Road & Quakers Hill Parkway, Quakers Hill
24.5km
Gate A, Ferrers Road, Eastern Creek
24.8km
615-621 Cowpasture Road, Edensor Park
25.3km
307-311 Barrenjoey Road (Corner Seaview Avenue), Newport
26.0km
187 Wilson Road, Green Valley
26.0km
110 Eastern Road, Bungarribee
26.2km
815 Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
26.6km
2355 Camden Valley Way (Corner Beech Road), Casula
26.9km
1 Dublin Street, Glendenning
27.2km
Corner Evans & 108 Rooty Hill Roads, Rooty Hill
28.0km
291 Rooty Hill Road North, Plumpton
28.4km
1042 Great Western Highway, Minchinbury
28.7km
1950 Camden Valley Way, Edmondson Park
28.9km
Cnr Hyatts & Jersey Roads, Plumpton
29.2km
Lot 6 Luxford Road, Mount Druitt
29.4km
795 Luxford Road (Corner Buckwell Drive), Hassall Grove
29.4km
861 Richmond Road, Marsden Park
29.4km
Shop 173 Corner Carlisle Avenue & Luxford Road, Mt Druitt
30.1km
4 Lancaster Street, Ingleburn
30.2km
49 Garfield Road East, Riverstone
30.2km
3/2133 Great Western Highway (Cnr John Hines Ave), Minchinbury
30.6km
72 Cumberland Road, Ingleburn
30.8km
Shop 1, 135-137 Popondetta Road, Emerton
31.4km
4 Endeavour & Bennett Roads, St Clair
31.9km
104 Great Western Highway & Bennett Road, Colyton
32.0km
Corner Mamre Road & Wilson Street, St Marys
33.9km
Corner Forrester Road & Christie Street, St Marys
34.2km
Lot 1 Ben Lomond Road, Minto
34.3km
577 Great Western Hwy, Werrington
35.5km
7 Raby Road, Leppington
36.5km
142 Windsor Road (Corner Mulgrave Road), McGraths Hill
36.5km
Lot 122 Dunheved Road, Werrington
37.3km
127 Great Western Highway (Corner Morley Avenue), Kingswood
38.4km
12 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Windsor
38.5km
735 George Street, Bligh Park
38.7km
96 Queen & Broughton Streets, Campbelltown
38.9km
71 Blaxland Road, Campbelltown
39.3km
15-19 Aspen Street, Penrith South
39.5km
271 Queen Street, Campbelltown
39.7km
30 Henry Street, Penrith
40.5km
2 Birmingham Road, South Penrith
40.9km
200 Gilchrist Drive, Campbelltown
41.3km
83 Rawson Road, Woy Woy
41.4km
588 High Street, Penrith
41.8km
67 Woodhouse Drive, Ambarvale
41.8km
212-222 Andrews & Castlereagh Roads, Cranebrook
42.5km
92 Mulgoa Road & Batt Street, Jamisontown
42.5km
Corner Appin Road & Kellerman Drive, St Helens Park
42.8km
Corner Mulgoa Road and Wolseley Street, Jamisontown
43.0km
49-51 Great Western Highway, Emu Plains
43.3km
36 Mulgoa Road, Regentville
43.6km
126-128 Old Bathurst Road, Emu Plains
45.3km
390 Avoca Drive (Gosford), Green Point
46.3km
28 - 30 Avoca Drive, Kincumber
46.6km
55 Central Coast Highway, Gosford West
48.6km
139 Great Western Highway (Corner Layton Avenue), Blaxland
49.3km
31 Goodhugh Street, East Maitland
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New South Wales
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Coffee cups should not be put in your recycling bin at home or work. They can, however, be taken to a designated recycling point.
Simply Cups has partnered with 7-Eleven and various shopping centres, schools, and community groups to provide the public with more than 1,500 recycling drop-off locations for disposable coffee cups, including compostable cups. Use the directory on this page to find a location near you.
Simply Cups also accepts other paper cups including takeaway soft drink cups, milkshake cups, Slurpee cups, compostable cups and plant-based paper cups. Coffee cup lids and drinking straws are only accepted at participating 7-Eleven stores.
Image credit: Simply Cups.
Australians use 1.8 billion single-use, hot beverage cups every year, with many being littered. When they are sent to landfill, the cardboard fibre of the cup releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Recycling coffee cups:
Prevents harmful greenhouse gases from being released into the atmosphere
Ensures the materials are used again in new products and applications
Simply Cups recycles used coffee cups into a new raw material that can be used to make asphalt, light-weight concrete and low-carbon building materials.
Image credit: Simply Cups.
Recycling is a great way to prevent waste from going to landfill but reducing the number of disposable cups you use will have an even better environmental impact. Australians can reduce their coffee cup waste by using a reusable coffee cup or simply drinking the coffee from crockery.
You can also choose to buy coffee from cafes that are making an effort to reduce their environmental impact by searching Responsible Cafes. The cafes are given ratings based on their positive environmental actions such as composting coffee grounds and using ethically sourced coffee beans.
Coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins. However, there is a specialised recycling program for disposable coffee cups with drop-off points located around Australia. Use the directory on this page to find a location near you.
Plastic takeaway cups used for iced coffee can be recycled via your household recycling bin in most council areas in Australia. Check directly with your council to be sure.
Coffee cup lids should not be put in your recycling bin at home. They can, however, be recycled by dropping them off at one of the many recycling collection points located around Australia. Use the directory on this page to find a location near you.
No – compostable coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins. They can, however, be dropped off for recycling at one of the many recycling points around Australia. Use the directory on this page to find one near you.
Under the right circumstances, compostable cups can be composted. If you have a compost at home, make sure the cup is certified home compostable to the Australian standard before you put it in your compost. Look for the Home Compostable AS 5810 logo on the cup. If the cup features the Compostable AS 4736 logo, that means the cup can only be composted using industrial equipment and should not be put in your home compost.
If you have a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin, check with your council to see if they accept compostable packaging including compostable coffee cups. If they do, you should still check the cup has either the compostable (industrial) or home compostable logos.
If you do not have access to a compost, composting service or recycling point, compostable coffee cups should be put in the garbage bin.
No – biodegradable coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins.
If you have a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin, check with your council to see if they accept biodegradable packaging, like BioCups, in these bins.
No – BioCup coffee cups cannot be recycled via household recycling bins.
If you have a FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin, check with your council to see if they accept biodegradable packaging, like BioCups, in these bins.
Yes – most councils in Australia accept clear plastic takeaway drink cups in household recycling bins. Visit your council’s page on Recycling Near You for more information on what your council accepts via your recycling bin.
If you’re ever confused about what you can place in your household recycling bin, you can contact your local council for more information.
No – Styrofoam or polystyrene containers and packaging should never be put in household recycling bins. While polystyrene can technically be recycled, it requires special technology and infrastructure. Polystyrene should be put in your garbage bin.
It is estimated that Australians use and throw away 2.7 million coffee cups every day! When they are sent to landfill, the cardboard fibre of the cup releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Recycling disposable coffee cups at designated collection points will ensure the resources used to make the cup and the lid are used again. This prevents the extraction of new resources from the earth and, in turn, reduces greenhouse gas emissions.